A BUSINESS in Pinetown was hit by two armed robbers on Friday morning and one of it staff members was held up at gunpoint.
A quick-thinking receptionist was able to shepherd a few of her colleagues and herself into a back office and out of danger when she observed two suspicious men approach the main security door before 7am.
One of the two men produced a firearm before they forced open the front security door.
“She had, by then, managed to alert her colleagues in the back office of the danger and was able to lock herself and a colleague in the furthest office and phone Blue Security,” he said.
The suspects entered the property and forced a male staff member, at gunpoint, to lie down on the floor.
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“As soon as the control centre received the alert, multiple vehicles were dispatched to the scene. The suspects, though, had fled in a Mercedes just minutes after invading the premises,” said Blue Security’s community and media liaison.
The pair took a handbag, cellphones, a CCTV DVR and computer boxes from the office before they fled the scene.
“Thankfully no-one was harmed during the incident, but trauma counselling has been arranged for the affected employees,” he said.
Pinetown SAPS is investigating.
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